Deep Nutrition Nail Polish Strengthener - Nail Ridge Filler Base Coat Polish for Thin & Damaged Nails, Non-Toxic, Vegan & Cruelty Free, 0.47 fl oz

I went cruelty free a couple years ago and although this was easy for most makeup and beauty items, the struggle has been real for nail polish. I was a die hard OPI fan and have been having a terrible time finding quality nail polish since giving them up. I have literally had polishes that were "recommended" by people's reviews on Amazon that just peeled off the first day you used them. Terrible. This is a LIFE SAVER nail polish. I have the weakest worse nails. They literally rip off every time i try to grow them out! It's also worse because I'm an ex nail biter so I have a tendency to mess with my fingers with my teeth a lot. Usually, I use some nail polish to keep them "strong" enough to not ruin them with my mouth. But all the cruelty free polishes were so weak. This polish, the reviews I read were all true. It took a couple weeks. The first coat you can tell is at least a decent polish. Seems pretty normal compared to regular polishes. Then the longer i used it, a few weeks in, I noticed that my nails were rock hard (for me at least, they're usually all bendy). I kept them "short" by filing them for a few weeks trying to let them really build up some strength before letting them start to go long. Now, they're really nice nails. They are sturdy, hard to the tap on the table, and the shade of this polish is pretty much clear with a hint of baby pink to it so it actually makes your nails look better, less yellow tinted. I cannot say enough great things about this polish. It has allowed me to have strong long nails for the first time in my life without having to get gel or powder nails at the salon. I highly recommend trying this polish, it is worth the expensive price.

I have been battling splitting and peeling nails for several months and have tried several products billed as "nail strengthener" with little success. My first mistake was to use acetone nail polish remover to strip off one of these products that suggested using one coat per day for a week, then stripping and starting over with clean nails. I believe the acetone really wrecked my already weak nails. I tried Karma Naturals soy-based polish remover and my nails started improving immediately. So I tried their deep nutrition nail strengthening polish and I knew I was on the right track. Unlike other products (like OPI Nail Envy), this polish stays on and looks natural. It has a very slight peachy pink tint that looks neutral on my fingers. It hides the split and peeling areas so they are pretty much undetectable. I'm also using rubber gloves when I do dishes or clean, which is helping as well. I will update after I have used Karma Naturals for a month and see how I've progressed. For now, two thumbs up! [Update 3 weeks later: I'm using either the "Deep Nutrition" polish or the 2-in-1 base and top coat. I still have peeling on two nails, but I'm cutting them short and using a gentle emery board/nail buffer. I only use Karma Naturals remover--you need to wash hands after using because it is very oily--and my nails have improved dramatically. I believe all the peeling and splitting will be gone soon. All ripples have disappeared already. I love this stuff!]

My entire life (53 years) I've had flat wide fingernails. So flat that trying to use press-on nails was quite painful. I got this nail polish because I knew it wouldn't harm my nails, but I hoped it might make them healthier. The reviews seemed promising. I started using it 3 months ago. I've been a bit disappointed because my nails still break quite easily if I'm not wearing the polish... However, this nail polish actually CHANGED my nail structure! I wasn't expecting that at all! I had accepted genetics were an enemy to my fingernails. I can't tell if they are reducing width, but my fingernails are actually curved! CURVED! My fingernails have always spread flat across my fingers. I had to keep them short, because when they grew out the corners were vicious! But now I don't have fingernails spreading out over the sides of my fingers. They are nicely curved into my fingers like they're supposed to. Just look at my photos, and you can see for yourself 😁

Great polish with good color ! Goes on well -no streakiness. (very important) However, does not really seem to fill ridges. I would buy again....

I went for a manicure a few weeks ago but didn't want any polish... I damaged my already weak nails by using nail polish sheets. The tech recommended this "nail food" to help improve my nail health. My nails looked great... the splitting wasn't as obvious, my ridges looked alot better. She was nice enough to tell me where to buy that polish so I got it! I've been using it exclusively for about 3-4 weeks. Though it does make my nails look healthy it really has not improved the health of them. Still breaking and splitting. I am very active with my hands and wash dishes all the time, so maybe it's just the way it's going to be for me.

*First photo is the first time painting my nails. The 2nd photo is of my nails 2 weeks after having the polish on. The 3rd photo is painting them again since they had grown.* Purchasing this polish was the best decision I ever made. I was trying to develop a healthy nail routine and thought I'd give the Deep Nutrition from Karma Hues a try. Let me tell you, I have never received so many compliments on my nails, especially when it's just regular polish and not gel (even though they all think it is). It goes on so smoothly (no bubbles or bumps whatsoever) and with only 2 coats, it will stay on for almost 2 weeks with minimal to no chipping. I'm not sure why these reviews are saying that this polish chips. If anything, this is the only polish I've ever used that stays on for such a long period of time, even when my hands are consistently under water. Not to mention, the color is so lovely and neutral that it will never conflict with any outfit you decide to wear. If you are starting a healthy nail journey and don't want to keep your nails bare, then this is definitely for you. I'm almost done with my second bottle (since I paint my toe nails too) and already have another bottle sitting in the cart!

I just switched over from Nail Envy and I am loving this!! It has a very faint hue that looks a little like a French manicure (but a lot more sheer -- which is good from the perspective that chipping isn't as noticeable. It's just a tiny bit less shiny than other polishes, but it still looks nice. I am always checking out my nails now. I've never gotten any home nail product to last more than 1-2 days without chipping (maybe it's my nails). This usually lasts about 4-5 days, and then chips on some nails but it's pretty thin so it's not easy to notice. So, I redo the polish every 5-7 days. It goes on quite thin, so I always use two coats. If I used just one as instructed, I would probably get little to no chipping, but it wouldn't look or feel as nice. **Edit: Literally the day after I posted this review (so, like 2-3 weeks into using it) I started getting an insane amount of peeling and breakage on my nails, for the first time in years. I removed it and went for just one coat, but that didn't help. So then after another week I wrote to the company asking for advice and they clarified I should do one coat, then 3-4 days later remove it, let the nails breathe for a few hours, then apply one coat again. I tried that immediately, but by the next morning I had new chipping, peeling, and breaking again. I guess it's back to Nail Envy since I gotta go with what works. I like the color of this better but learned that Nail Envy comes in different colors so that's what I'm gonna try next. Wish it were organic but have seen similar problems posted for other organic products too, so hesitant to try another one. My nails had been in great shape for the past several years while using Nail Envy, and I'm pretty shocked by how bad they got, and how quickly, with this product.

I am not normally one to put much effort into my nails, but the COVID-19 lock-down left me with lots of extra time on my hands and I decided to put some of that time to use by working on my nails. I chose this product because I hoped it would strengthen my nails without doing undue damage to the environment, and after three weeks of use I am confident that I made a good choice. None of my nails have broken since I began using this polish, and the one nail that I had damaged before starting to use the product by bending it in half while carrying heavy bags has remained intact - a fact which I attribute to this product. It comes in a small bottle, but you don't have to use much to produce a clean, elegant look, and it dries really quickly, which is important if - like me - you always find yourself doing your nails right before you need to take a shower or go to the bathroom. I was not paid or otherwise compensated to write this review, but I really liked this product and wanted to let others know about how well it worked for me. Also, I'm bored because of the COVID-19 shut-down, but that's a secondary reason.